从博丹到马里顿：法兰西政教哲学发展及影响From Bodin to Maritain: French Political and Religious Philosophy

From the building of the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties, through the religious struggles from the Albigensians to the Huguenots, to the divine right of kings and "L'État, c'est moi", France has been torn apart many times by religion and politics. Yet ideas were passed down through blood and fire to the present day. How, then, did Bodin, Tocqueville and Maritain construct their ideal worlds? - From Machiavelli to Hobbes, how did the idea of reason of state take root? - How did the Renaissance and the Enlightenment pursue change in the name of antiquity? What was the background to Bodin's theory of sovereignty? - How should we view the influence of religion on European politics? Why does Germany's CDU name itself directly after Christianity? - Looking ahead, might the state wither away? What comes after the state? Hobbes, Leviathan Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture Jean Bodin, Six Books of the Commonwealth La Boétie, Discourse on Voluntary Servitude Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV Jacques Maritain, The Rights of Man and Natural Law